MATERIAL CULTURE

Hodge podge of items. I’m studying up on the art of museum item photography. Really into the blanket on a box technique. Search results for Department of Material Culture, Colorado Historical Society via Denver Public Library

WA WA

Photographer Don Wallen captured the great people, places and things of Washington State during the mid-late 1970s. There is a huge collection of his work via University of Washington. If anyone is conducting in depth research of Seattle’s drag queens of the 1970s, see Don’s archives and yr welcome. 1. Terry Finsfather from Bothell eating [...]

ART fr. JAIL

Ceramic fruits plate, zebra-esque vessel, a masculine visage and fishes & cakes— Art From Jail exhibition at Galeria de la Raza in San Francisco/Bay Area. 1987. via OAC

PRAIRIE STYLE

I’m more into the contemporary sculpture-ness of these displays than the actual content. Though we should bring back bonnets. Great for the beach and traversing the country. via Conner Prairie Historic Clothing

TUMBLRS

Tumblrs, or tumbling from 1925, 1929 and 1935 at Washington State University. Above is Tumbling Team 1929—them girls are powerhouses in harlequin print bodysuits. Dang!

DENIM VALLEY

Abandoned denim of Red River Valley. Weird. Red River Valley by Ya Ho Wa 13 is one of my fave songs from psych cult/intentional community—The Source. Listen to the song below. Trippy description of the jeans discovered: Pair of commercially produced Wrangler denim jeans that were found in the southern Rocky mountains across from Red [...]

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